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Founded in 2011, Notting Hill Editions is an independent British publisher of beautiful and collectable books for the curious reader.

Blind Corners Essays on Photography Michael Collins Will Self

Blind Corners: Essays on Photography

by Michael Collins

In this series of linked pieces, introduced by Will Self, photographer Michael Collins offers a reappraisal of photographic genres – including the humble and ubiquitous – that he believes are worthy of greater understanding.

Changing My Mind by Julian Barnes three-quarters view

Changing My Mind

by Julian Barnes

A new book from Booker Prize-winning author Julian Barnes, exploring what is involved when we change our minds: about words, about politics, about books; about memories, age and time.

How Shostakovich Changed My Mind Stephen Johnson

How Shostakovich Changed My Mind

by Stephen Johnson

How Shostakovich Changed My Mind is one of the most powerful, honest, and profound revelations that exists on what it is that music means and does: it’s just an essential document.’
Tom Service, Music Matters

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Gyles Brandreth

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Grumbling at Large: Selected Essays of J. B. Priestley by J. B. Priestley
Damian Barr

Damian Barr’s
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All That Is Worth Remembering by William Hazlitt
Drawn From Life: Selected Essays of Michel de Montaigne by Michel de Montaigne
Roger Scruton

Roger Scruton’s
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The Mystery of Being Human: God, Freedom and the NHS by Raymond Tallis
Margaret Drabble

Margaret Drabble’s
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Drawn From Life: Selected Essays of Michel de Montaigne by Michel de Montaigne
Triptych: Three Studies after Francis Bacon by Jonathan Littell
Amanda Ross

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Five Ways of Being a Painting and other Essays by William Max Nelson